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take comfort only from congenial associa tion. . . ... . , The disguised white man still ieanea gainst the projecting rock, with folded arms and eyes fixed intently on Tallu, with a mingled look of love and triumph. “Listen, Night-Bird, to the love song of your kinsman. I heard that a gentle ]> >ve, from my own parent’s nest, had fiown to the mountain for shelter, and that an Indian chief had warmed it in his breast. I thought it was a syren’s song. I heard, then, of the mysterious mountain, where the foot-prints of the spirit agent are printed in the rock, and which the thunders and lightnings guard from the ( ye of man. The spirit of the white man within me said, go and bring it down from the mountain. But, when I came, and saw the Night-Bird, I forgot the Mountain of Doom. My eyes watched her in the twilight, at the grave of the Spotted Fawn, and my spirit told me that our destinies were one. The Indian hunter took the white maiden to his breast. Let the Indian maiden take the white hunter, and the pale faces of the low grounds shall not take away the lands of the Cherokee. What says the spirit of the Indian maiden ?” Tallu rose up quickly, and approaching him, laid one of her small hands upon his arm. She led him from under the rock, and, turning towards the summit of the mountain, pointed upwards, and said : “The Great Spirit lives above the clouds, but in the midst of the thunder bolt, He has left His footsteps on the rock. You say, the spirit of the white man has sent you to the Mountain of Doom. Listen to the voice of Tallu. Whenever you bring the footprint, taken with your own hands from the mountain, then will Tallu know that the spirit of the white man must govern the Indian maiden !” The Bounding Beer and Tallu separa ted from the white man, to meet him again on the banks of the rapid Terrora. If the white man was successful, he was to claim the hand of the Indian maiden, and, at the time of the corn dance, the nuptials were to be celebrated. The solitary grave was left to the green sod and dried leaves, and the soft, spotted fawn skin flapped against the rock in its loneliness, speaking its lan guage of remembrance only to the sigh ing winds. * * # # A September sun shone bright on the waters of Terrora —the terrible. The banks, in many places, precipitous and deep, in one bank sunk almost to the water’s edge, opening to the passing stream the gorgeous scenery of mountain, forest, and grassy doll. The rich hue of the crimson maple mingles, in beautiful contrast, with the dying green of summer verdure, and the deep yellow of the horse-chesnut leaves combines harmoniously with the dark hue of the oak. The coru harvesting was over ! and men, women, and children, were here, re joicing in their national games. Some were playing ball, some running for wagers, while others were shooting at a mark with bows and arrows. Even the children were imitating these games, and taking their first step iu the art of Indian manhood. Some of the cld squaws took charge of the packages of dried venison, prepared corn, and roasted chestnuts, provided for the feast, while the young maidens, dressed in their brightest colors, collected around Princess Tallu, who stood apart from the crowd, and near the water’s edge. Not far off, tied with a small rope, made of silk grass, was her light bark, with its long tapering paddle. Here the stream was wider and more quiet, and, adapted more to the necessities of man, was sometimes forda ble. Beyond and below, it narrowed again, and made a sudden turn, just before it entered between fearful chasms, down which it was precipitated through a mountain gorge. But the sky is brilliant, with its clear, bright robe of blue and silver, and the autumnal forests are arrayed in gorgeous colors for the bridal ofTallu. She stands a Queen among her maidens. Ihe bright glittering beads again adorn her whole costume; while, added to ib is a scarf of golden hue, confined around the head, with an eagle’s feather, and hanging in long streamers behind. The white man comes with the foot prio t in the rock, chiselled from the mountain’s summit, and the astonished Indians feel as if their spirit has vanished belorc the spirit of the pale faces. Tallu looks both lofty and resigned to Ucr fate ; but she says she must , like tiie maidens of Cherokee, go alone, and gatlier the rich flowers of the mountain murel for her bridal, before she can give herself to the arms of the stranger. They crowd on the bank, and gaze at her,, as she stands in her light canoe, and guides it diagonally across the stream, and below the ford. She has reached deep and rapid water, but the boat touches the rocks, on which the clustering flowers bloom in rich mag nificence. She gathers and places them around her; and still further down she goes, that she may gather others seemingly more bright and fresh. Now, her bark is filled with the bright offerings of the Kiver of Terror, and she stands among them the brightest and the most beautiful. She touches her paddle, and her bark is in the current of the stream ; and now the expectant crowd are ready to welcome her to shore. But why is this ? She rests on her paddle, and looks upward to the skies ; and a sweet voice of song is heard, mingling with the sound of waters. She passed out of sight behind the sudden turning of the river; and then the conviction rushes on the minds of all, that her bark is in the rapids of the terrible fall ! ‘‘Tallu-lah! Tallu-lah!” resounds along the shores of the terrible river, and echoes from the fearful chasms, as they try in vain to outstrip the rushing bark ! On it went nor touches the shore once aerain, and mingling in with the mighty roar of pent up waters, was the sweet Night-Bird, singing— “ Come to the bright waters, Come thou with me; Nor let them, love, take thee from sweet Cherokee I” [For the Banner of the South.] The Price of Victory. BY ELZEY HAY. There’s a flashing of arms on the mountain side, A clashing of swords on the plain, And the flowers that grow in the valley below, Are flushed with a crimson stain. Where harvests once smiled, stand the fearful array, Os hosts in their battled might, While the rolling of drums, and the roaring of guns, Are echoed from hillock to height. The wolf in his lair waits with ravenous jaw, The vulture keeps watch from afar, Till the feast which is spread on the field of the dead, Is ripe for his venomous maw. The sun sinks to rest iu a sulphurous cloud. That hangs o’er the battle-stained river, Whose crystalline flow is polluted with gore, As it rolls through the red-tinted heather. Then the shouts of the victor ring out on the night; The din of the conflict is stayed; As the vanquished sink down, and are pierced on the ground, By the conqueror’s pitiless blade. But high o’er the victor’s exultant refrain, Comes the dirge that no peans can smother, Yet little he recks that the blood in bis tracks Was wrung from the heart of his brother; And little he cares that the rights he has won Are based on the wrongs of another, That the freedom he gave to the son of the slave Was bought with the chains of his mother. ’Tis nothing to him, that the sorrowful wail Os widows and orphans ai’ise; Nothing to him, that the blood of the slain Lifts a silent complaint to the skies. It is nothing to him, that, where fair cities smiled, Is the home of the owl and the wolf; The fame of his victory will live through all history lie’s conqueror—that is enough. No matter, that others are wronged and oppressed; These pay but the price of their crime; In the world’s code, ’tis might that alone makes the right; Aud failure is ever a sin. No matter, the laurels that shine on his brow Will dazzle the world’s giddy throng; Os the side that has lost, men require the cost, But a conqueror is ne’er in the wrong, Yet there’s One who hath said, “Not the race to the swift, Nor battlealway to the strong;” And, perhaps, in His code, it will one day be proved, E’en a conqueror may sometimes be wrong. A SINGULAR STORY. A Little Girl Three Years of Age Car ried off by a Lear — Marvellous Re covery of the Child after Searching 36 Hum's. [From the Mason County (Mich.) Record.] We have to record a very siturular deliverance of a girl, about three years old, to her parents, after being carried off by a black bear, and a search of 36 hours through the forest by the excited parents. The facts, as near as we can gather them, are substantially as follows : Mr. Henry Flynn lives 40 miles east of this place, at or near the lodging camps of Mr. Ludingtou, and, we believe, has charge of one of the camps. He started one morning to take a horse to pasture, about two miles distant from the house, and, as he was ready to start, his little girl appeared and seemed very anxious to go with her father, who, in order to please the child, put her upon the horse’s back, and let her ride a short distance, perhaps 40 rods from the house, where lie put her down, and told her to run home. He noticed that the child was standing where lie left her, and, on looking back, after going a little farther, saw her playing in die sand. He soon passed out of sight, and was Mgifif ~m fil mmm, gone about an hour, expecting, of course, that the child would return to the house after playing a few moments. On returning- home, he made inquiry about the child, of her mother, who said she had not seen the child, and sup posed he had taken her along with him. On going to the spot where lie left her, he saw huge bear tracks in the sand, and at once came to the conclusion that the child had been carried off by the bear. The family immediately gave search through the I‘orest, which was grown up to almost a jungle, rendering their search very slow. All day these anxious parents searched for some trace of their child, nor did they stop when darkness came on, but remained in the woods, calling the child by her name, and, with aching hearts, would listen, with an almost breathless fear, to catch some sound by which they could discover their lost dar ling. Morning came, and their search was fruitless. A couple of gentlemen, looking for land, came to the bouse, and, being in formed of the circumstances, immediately set out to help find the child. They had wandered about, and as they were passing a swampy spot, where the un dergrowth was very thick, they either called, or else were talking loud, when one of them heard the child’s voice. He then called the child by name, and told her to come out of "the bushes. She replied that the bear would not let her. The men then crept through the brush, and when near the spot where the child and bear were, they heard a splash in the water, which the child said w ? as the bear. On going to her, they found her standing upon a log, extending about half way across the river. The bear had under taken to cross the river on the log, and, being closely pursued, left the child, and swam away. She had received some scratches about the face, arms, and legs, and her clothes were almost torn from her, but the bear had not bitten her, only the marks of his teeth being found on her back, where, in taking hold of her clothes to carry her, he had taken the flesh also. The little one says the bear would put her down occasionally to rest, and would put his nose, up to her face, when she would slap him, ;*nd then the bear would hang his head by her side, and purr and rub against her like a cat. The men asked her if she was cold in the night, and she told them the old bear lay down beside her, and put his “arms” around her, and kept her warm, though she did not like his long hair. She was taken home to her parents, who could hardly express their joy at her safety. The bear has been seen lurking about in the vicinity, it is supposed for the purpose of yet carrying off the child. • he supposition is that it is a female bear, and, having lost her cubs, came across the child, and adopted it. Steps are be ing taken to capture the bear. College axd Convent Agency. —We invite general attention to the card of Mr. Clias. I). Elder, of New Orleans. This gentleman is well and favorably known in that community, and offers his services to Parents and Guardians in giving information in regard to Catholic Educational Establishments in America and Canada, procuring letters of intro duction thereto, etc., etc.; also, for Com missions, Collections, and orders of any kind for Catholic Institutions. com mend Mr. Elder’s Agency as a very use ful and important one to the South, par ticularly at the present time. The London Register, of June 27th, says : “Mr. Kiccioti Garibaldi, son of the curse of Italy, is again in England, and is sending round the begging box once more, in order to provide funds for another attack on Koine after the Summer is over. Curious to say, that, although in England money and hospitality are lavished upon the cause of treachery and humbug, we learn from Rome that several English Protestant gentlemen who reside in that city, have declared that, if another war of robbery against right breaks forth, they will join the Zouave corps, and fight as privates iu the ranks.” advertisements. NOTICE. STOLEN, from the subscriber, on the night of the 14th instant, a Black Mare PONY, medium size. She is iu good order, very heavy mane (the mane lies on the left side), long, heavy tail, has a lump on the back, caused by the saddle, and a scar near the tail, caused by the bite of a mule. I offer a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS for the thief and the Pony, delivered at Edgefield Jail, or I offer THIRTY DOLLARS for the Pony alone. MARTIN MACARTY, Lott’s Post Office, Edgefield Diet., S. C. July IC, 1868. aug l* College and Convent Agency, No. 140 Poydras Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS can obtain at this Office full information regarding the locations, terms, Ac,, of the best Catholic Educational Establishments in this country and in Canada; also, letters of intro duction thereto. CHILDREN, forced by the new Social Equality laws to leave our Public Schools, can here find Academies just suited to their wants. They should be provided, if Catholics, with the recommendation of their Parish Priests, and, if non-Catholics, with those of their re spective Ministers. Long experience warrants the undersigned in promising full satisfaction to all Catholic Institutions that may honor him with their Commissions, Col lections, or orders of any kind. CHAB. D. ELDER, augl—tt P. 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Tar ant r $3: par and SBQ. pec Rtcwfci, Children under ten years of age, and colored ser vants, half price. White servants according to accom modations. [mylG-lm] PEYTON A: CO. 3